	US 12,012,392 B2
	Sulfonamide carboxamide compounds
Matthew Cooper, Cambridge (GB); David Miller, Cambridge (GB); Angus Macleod, Cambridge (GB); Stephen Thom, Nottingham (GB); Stephen St-Gallay, Nottingham (GB); Jonathan Shannon, Nottingham (GB); and Ian Strutt, Nottingham (GB)
Assigned to INFLAZOME LIMITED, Dublin (IE)
Appl. No. 16/761,993
Filed by Inflazome Limited, Dublin (IE)
PCT Filed Nov. 9, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/080737 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 6, 2020, PCT Pub. No. WO2019/092170, PCT Pub. Date May 16, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1718563 (GB), filed on Nov. 9, 2017; application No. 1721726 (GB), filed on Dec. 22, 2017; application No. 1721727 (GB), filed on Dec. 22, 2017; application No. 1810983 (GB), filed on Jul. 4, 2018; and application No. 1813281 (GB), filed on Aug. 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0317637 A1, Oct. 8, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C07D 401/06 (2006.01); A61P 29/00 (2006.01); C07D 231/18 (2006.01); C07D 233/84 (2006.01); C07D 249/04 (2006.01); C07D 249/12 (2006.01); C07D 401/12 (2006.01); C07D 401/14 (2006.01); C07D 403/06 (2006.01); C07D 405/04 (2006.01); C07D 405/06 (2006.01); C07D 405/12 (2006.01); C07D 405/14 (2006.01); C07D 413/06 (2006.01)

CPC C07D 401/06 (2013.01) [A61P 29/00 (2018.01); C07D 231/18 (2013.01); C07D 233/84 (2013.01); C07D 249/04 (2013.01); C07D 249/12 (2013.01); C07D 401/12 (2013.01); C07D 401/14 (2013.01); C07D 403/06 (2013.01); C07D 405/04 (2013.01); C07D 405/06 (2013.01); C07D 405/12 (2013.01); C07D 405/14 (2013.01); C07D 413/06 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A compound of formula (I):

Formula (I)

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein:

Q is selected from O or S;

W, X, Y and Z are each independently N, O, S, NH or CH, wherein at least one of W, X, Y and Z is N or NH, such that ring A is a 5-membered heteroaryl group containing at least one nitrogen atom in the 5-membered ring structure;

L is a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbylene group, wherein the hydrocarbylene group may be straight-chained or branched, or be or include cyclic groups, wherein the hydrocarbylene group may optionally be substituted, and wherein the hydrocarbylene group may optionally include one or more heteroatoms N, O or S in its carbon skeleton;

R¹is hydrogen or a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl group, wherein the hydrocarbyl group may be straight-chained or branched, or be or include cyclic groups, wherein the hydrocarbyl group may optionally be substituted, and wherein the hydrocarbyl group may optionally include one or more heteroatoms N, O or S in its carbon skeleton;

optionally L and R¹together with the oxygen atom to which they are attached may form a 3- to 12-membered saturated or unsaturated cyclic group, wherein the cyclic group may optionally be substituted;

R²is a cyclic group substituted at the α and α′ positions, wherein R²may optionally be further substituted;

each R³is independently a halo, —OH, —NO₂, —NH₂, —N₃, —SH, —SO₂H, —SO₂NH₂, or a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl group, wherein the hydrocarbyl group may be straight-chained or branched, or be or include cyclic groups, wherein the hydrocarbyl group may optionally be substituted, and wherein the hydrocarbyl group may optionally include one or more heteroatoms N, O or S in its carbon skeleton;

m is 0, 1, 2 or 3; and

optionally any R³, and any two adjacent W, X, Y or Z, may together form a 3- to 12-membered saturated or unsaturated cyclic group fused to ring A, wherein the cyclic group fused to ring A may optionally be substituted;

provided that any atom of L or R¹that is directly attached to W, X, Y or Z is not the same atom of L or R¹that is directly attached to the oxygen atom of R¹—O-L-, and that the oxygen atom of R¹—O-L- is not directly attached to a sp²hybridised carbon atom; and

wherein in an optionally substituted group or moiety:

(i) each hydrogen atom may optionally be replaced by a group independently selected from halo; —CN; —NO₂; —N₃; —R^β; —OH; —OR^β; —R^α-halo; —R^α—CN; —R^α—NO₂; —R^α—N₃; —R^α—R^β; —R^α—OH; —R^α—OR^β; —SH; —SR^β; —SOR^β; —SO₂H; —SO₂R^β; —SO₂NH₂; —SO₂NHR^β; —SO₂N(R^β)₂; —R^α—SH; —R^α—SR^β; —R^α—SOR^β; —R^α—SO₂H; —R^α—SO₂R^β; —R^α—SO₂NH₂; —R^α—SO₂NHR^β; —R^α—SO₂N(R^β)₂; —Si(R^β)₃; —O—Si(R^β)₃; —R^α—Si(R^β)₃; —R^α—O—Si(R^β)₃; —NH₂; —NHR^β; —N(R^β)₂; —N(O)(R^β)₂; —N+(R^β)₃; —R^α—NH₂; R^α—NHR^β; R^α—N(R^β)₂; —R^α—N(O)(R^β)₂; —R^α—N+(R^β)₃, —CHO; —COR^β; —COOH; —COOR^β; —OCOR^β; —R^α—CHO; —R^α—COR^β; —R^α—COOH; —R^α—COOR^β; —R^α—OCOR^β; —C(═NH)R^β; —C(═NH)NH₂; —C(═NH)NHR^β; —C(═NH)N(R^β)₂; —C(═NR^β)R^β; —C(═NR^β)NHR^β; —C(═NR^β)N(R^β)₂; —C(═NOH)R^β; —C(N₂)R^β; —R^α—C(═NH)R^β; —R^α—C(═NH)NH₂; —R^α—C(═NH)NHR^β; —R^α—C(═NH)N(R^β)₂; —R^α—C(═NR^β)R^β; —R^α—C(═NR^β)NHR^β; —R^α—C(═NR^β)N(R^β)₂; —R^α—C(═NOH)R^β; —R^α—C(N₂)R^β; —NH—CHO; —NR^β—CHO; —NH—COR^β; —NR^β—COR^β; —CONH₂; —CONHR^β; —CON(R^β)₂; —R^α—NH—CHO; —R^α—NR^β—CHO; —R^α—NH—COR^β; —R^α—NR^β—COR^β; —R^α—CONH₂; —R^α—CONHR^β; —R^α—CON(R^β)₂; —O—R^α—OH; —O—R^α—OR^β; —O—R^α—NH₂; —O—R^α—NHR^β; —O—R^α—N(R^β)₂; —O—R^α—N(O)(R^β)₂; —O—R^α—N⁺(R^β)₃; —NH—R^α—OH; —NH—R^α—OR^β; —NH—R^α—NH₂; —NH—R^α—NHR^β; —NH—R^α—N(R^β)₂; —NH—R^α—N(O)(R^β)₂; —NH—R^α—N⁺(R^β)₃; —NR^β—R^α—OH; —NR^β—R^α—OR^β; —NR^β—R^α—NH₂; —NR^β—R^α—NHR^β; —NR^β—R^α—N(R^β)₂; —NR^β—R^α—N(O)(R^β)₂; —NR^β—R^α—N⁺(R^β)₃; —N(O)R^β—R^α—OH; —N(O)R^β—R^α—OR^β; —N(O)R^β—R^α—NH₂; —N(O)R^β—R^α—NHR^β; —N(O)R^β—R^α—N(R^β)₂; —N(O)R^β—R^α—N(O)(R^β)₂; —N(O)R^β—R^α—N⁺(R^β)₃; —N⁺(R^β)₂—R^α—OH; —N⁺(R^β)₂—R^α—OR^β; —N⁺(R^β)₂—R^α—NH₂; —N⁺(R^β)₂—R^α—NHR^β; —N⁺(R^β)₂—R^α—N(R^β)₂; or —N⁺(R^β)₂—R^α—N(O)(R^β)₂; and/or

(ii) any two hydrogen atoms attached to the same atom may optionally be replaced by a π-bonded substituent independently selected from oxo (═O), ═S, ═NH or ═NR^β; and/or

(iii) any two hydrogen atoms attached to the same or different atoms, within the same optionally substituted group or moiety, may optionally be replaced by a bridging substituent independently selected from —O—, —S—, —NH—, —N═N—, —N(R^β)—, —N(O)(R^β)—, —N⁺(R^β)₂— or —R^α—;

wherein each —R^α— is independently selected from an alkylene, alkenylene or alkynylene group, wherein the alkylene, alkenylene or alkynylene group contains from 1 to 6 atoms in its backbone, wherein one or more carbon atoms in the backbone of the alkylene, alkenylene or alkynylene group may optionally be replaced by one or more heteroatoms N, O or S, wherein one or more —CH₂— groups in the backbone of the alkylene, alkenylene or alkynylene group may optionally be replaced by one or more —N(O)(R^β)— or —N⁺(R^β)₂— groups, and wherein the alkylene, alkenylene or alkynylene group may optionally be substituted with one or more halo and/or —R^βgroups; and

wherein each —R^β is independently selected from a C₁-C₆alkyl, C₂-C₆alkenyl, C₂-C₆alkynyl or C₂-C₆cyclic group, or wherein any two or three —R^βattached to the same nitrogen atom may, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, form a C₂-C₇cyclic group, and wherein any —R^βmay optionally be substituted with one or more C₁-C₄alkyl, C₁-C₄haloalkyl, C₃-C₇cycloalkyl, C₃-C₇halocycloalkyl, —O(C₁-C₄alkyl), —O(C₁-C₄haloalkyl), —O(C₃-C₇cycloalkyl), —O(C₃-C₇halocycloalkyl), —CO(C₁-C₄alkyl), —CO(C₁-C₄haloalkyl), —COO(C₁-C₄alkyl), —COO(C₁-C₄haloalkyl), halo, —OH, —NH₂, —CN, —C≡CH, oxo (═O), or 4- to 6-membered heterocyclic group.